[OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

[Peter Wendorff]

Am 20.07.2013 01:38, schrieb Dave F.:
> On 20/07/2013 00:22, Toby Murray wrote:
>> You aren't in the #osm IRC channel, are you :)
> 
> No. I can't stand the cliquey, unilateral time zone defined exclusion of
> that. I prefer to discuss with *all* in *all* timezones. A while back a
> decision was made to change something in OSM (apologies, I fail to
> remember what) It turned out it was decided upon in a couple of hours by
> a select few in the European time zone. A poor way to conduct business.
> 
>>
>> Turns out, yes... they are still used. It was actually interesting to
>> watch a coworker who doesn't know much about online maps interacting
>> with osm.org <http://osm.org>. This was a month or so ago. They
>> actually used the pan controls instead of dragging the map. I was kind
>> of amazed :)
> 
> Right, but it doesn't *have* to be used. In this instance it was lack of
> knowledge. If the controls weren't there they'd find out the better way
> to do it.
Or they would fail to use the feature.
Please think about notebook touchpad users when they don't have a mouse
currently nor a touchscreen, too - there you NEED these controls. (For
me that's sometimes the case, not at my own desk of course)

Regards
Peter